diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e03e64017..6a1eef6ab 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -308,10 +308,6 @@ before_script:
 # stage: deploy-special
   MOVED_TO_GROUP_VARS: "true"
 
-.opensuse_canal_variables: &opensuse_canal_variables
-# stage: deploy-part2
-  MOVED_TO_GROUP_VARS: "true"
-
 
 # Builds for PRs only (premoderated by unit-tests step) and triggers (auto)
 ### PR JOBS PART1
@@ -593,17 +589,6 @@ gce_centos7-calico-ha-triggers:
   when: on_success
   only: ['triggers']
 
-gce_opensuse-canal:
-  stage: deploy-part2
-  <<: *job
-  <<: *gce
-  variables:
-    <<: *gce_variables
-    <<: *opensuse_canal_variables
-  when: manual
-  except: ['triggers']
-  only: ['master', /^pr-.*$/]
-
 # no triggers yet https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kargo/issues/613
 gce_coreos-alpha-weave-ha:
   stage: deploy-special
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45a3515bf..081c28fe6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ Documents
 -   [Vagrant install](docs/vagrant.md)
 -   [CoreOS bootstrap](docs/coreos.md)
 -   [Debian Jessie setup](docs/debian.md)
--   [openSUSE setup](docs/opensuse.md)
 -   [Downloaded artifacts](docs/downloads.md)
 -   [Cloud providers](docs/cloud.md)
 -   [OpenStack](docs/openstack.md)
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ Supported Linux Distributions
 -   **Ubuntu** 16.04
 -   **CentOS/RHEL** 7
 -   **Fedora/CentOS** Atomic
--   **openSUSE** Leap 42.3/Tumbleweed
 
 Note: Upstart/SysV init based OS types are not supported.
 
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index d0b6b73d1..720e2419f 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ SUPPORTED_OS = {
   "coreos-beta"   => {box: "coreos-beta",        bootstrap_os: "coreos", user: "core", box_url: COREOS_URL_TEMPLATE % ["beta"]},
   "ubuntu"        => {box: "bento/ubuntu-16.04", bootstrap_os: "ubuntu", user: "vagrant"},
   "centos"        => {box: "centos/7",           bootstrap_os: "centos", user: "vagrant"},
-  "opensuse"      => {box: "opensuse/openSUSE-42.3-x86_64", bootstrap_os: "opensuse", use: "vagrant"},
-  "opensuse-tumbleweed" => {box: "opensuse/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-x86_64", bootstrap_os: "opensuse", use: "vagrant"},
 }
 
 # Defaults for config options defined in CONFIG
@@ -86,6 +84,7 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
   if Vagrant.has_plugin?("vagrant-vbguest") then
     config.vbguest.auto_update = false
   end
+
   (1..$num_instances).each do |i|
     config.vm.define vm_name = "%s-%02d" % [$instance_name_prefix, i] do |config|
       config.vm.hostname = vm_name
@@ -111,10 +110,8 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
         end
       end
 
-      config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "rsync", rsync__args: ['--verbose', '--archive', '--delete', '-z']
-
       $shared_folders.each do |src, dst|
-        config.vm.synced_folder src, dst, type: "rsync", rsync__args: ['--verbose', '--archive', '--delete', '-z']
+        config.vm.synced_folder src, dst
       end
 
       config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vb|
diff --git a/docs/opensuse.md b/docs/opensuse.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 88fac3790..000000000
--- a/docs/opensuse.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-openSUSE Leap 42.3 and Tumbleweed
-===============
-
-openSUSE Leap installation Notes:
-
-- Install Ansible
-
-  ```
-  sudo zypper ref
-  sudo zypper -n install ansible
-
-  ```
-
-- Install Jinja2 and Python-Netaddr
-
-  ```sudo zypper -n install python-Jinja2 python-netaddr```
-
-
-Now you can continue with [Preparing your deployment](getting-started.md#starting-custom-deployment)
diff --git a/roles/bootstrap-os/tasks/bootstrap-opensuse.yml b/roles/bootstrap-os/tasks/bootstrap-opensuse.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index abedd2195..000000000
--- a/roles/bootstrap-os/tasks/bootstrap-opensuse.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: Install required packages (SUSE)
-  package:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: present
-  with_items:
-    - python-cryptography
diff --git a/roles/bootstrap-os/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bootstrap-os/tasks/main.yml
index c921b643e..01031deeb 100644
--- a/roles/bootstrap-os/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bootstrap-os/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 - import_tasks: bootstrap-centos.yml
   when: bootstrap_os == "centos"
 
-- import_tasks: bootstrap-opensuse.yml
-  when: bootstrap_os == "opensuse"
-
 - import_tasks: setup-pipelining.yml
 
 - name: check if atomic host
@@ -29,25 +26,18 @@
     gather_subset: '!all'
     filter: ansible_*
 
-- name: Assign inventory name to unconfigured hostnames (non-CoreOS and Tumbleweed)
+- name: Assign inventory name to unconfigured hostnames (non-CoreOS)
   hostname:
     name: "{{inventory_hostname}}"
-  when:
-    - override_system_hostname
-    - ansible_distribution not in ['openSUSE Tumbleweed']
-    - ansible_os_family not in ['CoreOS', 'Container Linux by CoreOS']
+  when: ansible_os_family not in ['CoreOS', 'Container Linux by CoreOS'] and override_system_hostname
 
-- name: Assign inventory name to unconfigured hostnames (CoreOS and Tumbleweed only)
+- name: Assign inventory name to unconfigured hostnames (CoreOS only)
   command: "hostnamectl set-hostname  {{inventory_hostname}}"
   register: hostname_changed
-  when:
-    - ansible_hostname == 'localhost'
-    - ansible_distribution in ['openSUSE Tumbleweed'] or ansible_os_family in ['CoreOS', 'Container Linux by CoreOS']
-    - override_system_hostname
+  when: ansible_hostname == 'localhost' and ansible_os_family in ['CoreOS', 'Container Linux by CoreOS'] and override_system_hostname
 
-- name: Update hostname fact (CoreOS and Tumbleweed only)
+- name: Update hostname fact (CoreOS only)
   setup:
     gather_subset: '!all'
     filter: ansible_hostname
-  when:
-    - hostname_changed.changed
+  when: ansible_os_family in ['CoreOS', 'Container Linux by CoreOS'] and hostname_changed.changed
diff --git a/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml b/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
index 3668f61b8..729397b44 100644
--- a/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
@@ -15,14 +15,6 @@
   tags:
     - facts
 
-# https://yum.dockerproject.org/repo/main/opensuse/ contains packages for an EOL
-# openSUSE version so we can't use it. The only alternative is to use the docker
-# packages from the distribution repositories.
-- name: Warn about Docker version on SUSE
-  debug:
-    msg: "SUSE distributions always install Docker from the distro repos"
-  when: ansible_pkg_mgr == 'zypper'
-
 - include_tasks: set_facts_dns.yml
   when: dns_mode != 'none' and resolvconf_mode == 'docker_dns'
   tags:
@@ -51,7 +43,7 @@
   retries: 4
   delay: "{{ retry_stagger | random + 3 }}"
   with_items: "{{ docker_repo_key_info.repo_keys }}"
-  when: not (ansible_os_family in ["CoreOS", "Container Linux by CoreOS", "RedHat", "Suse"] or is_atomic)
+  when: not (ansible_os_family in ["CoreOS", "Container Linux by CoreOS", "RedHat"] or is_atomic)
 
 - name: ensure docker-ce repository is enabled
   action: "{{ docker_repo_info.pkg_repo }}"
@@ -59,7 +51,7 @@
     repo: "{{item}}"
     state: present
   with_items: "{{ docker_repo_info.repos }}"
-  when: not (ansible_os_family in ["CoreOS", "Container Linux by CoreOS", "RedHat", "Suse"] or is_atomic) and (docker_repo_info.repos|length > 0)
+  when: not (ansible_os_family in ["CoreOS", "Container Linux by CoreOS", "RedHat"] or is_atomic) and (docker_repo_info.repos|length > 0)
 
 - name: ensure docker-engine repository public key is installed
   action: "{{ dockerproject_repo_key_info.pkg_key }}"
@@ -72,7 +64,7 @@
   retries: 4
   delay: "{{ retry_stagger | random + 3 }}"
   with_items: "{{ dockerproject_repo_key_info.repo_keys }}"
-  when: not (ansible_os_family in ["CoreOS", "Container Linux by CoreOS", "RedHat", "Suse"] or is_atomic)
+  when: not (ansible_os_family in ["CoreOS", "Container Linux by CoreOS", "RedHat"] or is_atomic)
 
 - name: ensure docker-engine repository is enabled
   action: "{{ dockerproject_repo_info.pkg_repo }}"
@@ -80,7 +72,7 @@
     repo: "{{item}}"
     state: present
   with_items: "{{ dockerproject_repo_info.repos }}"
-  when: not (ansible_os_family in ["CoreOS", "Container Linux by CoreOS", "RedHat", "Suse"] or is_atomic) and (dockerproject_repo_info.repos|length > 0)
+  when: not (ansible_os_family in ["CoreOS", "Container Linux by CoreOS", "RedHat"] or is_atomic) and (dockerproject_repo_info.repos|length > 0)
 
 - name: Configure docker repository on RedHat/CentOS
   template:
@@ -118,12 +110,6 @@
   notify: restart docker
   when: not (ansible_os_family in ["CoreOS", "Container Linux by CoreOS"] or is_atomic) and (docker_package_info.pkgs|length > 0)
 
-- name: ensure service is started if docker packages are already present
-  service:
-    name: docker
-    state: started
-  when: docker_task_result is not changed
-
 - name: flush handlers so we can wait for docker to come up
   meta: flush_handlers
 
diff --git a/roles/docker/templates/docker.service.j2 b/roles/docker/templates/docker.service.j2
index 8dc82bbb2..d8efe2025 100644
--- a/roles/docker/templates/docker.service.j2
+++ b/roles/docker/templates/docker.service.j2
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ Wants=docker-storage-setup.service
 {% elif ansible_os_family == "Debian" %}
 After=network.target docker.socket
 Wants=docker.socket
-{% elif ansible_os_family == "Suse" %}
-After=network.target containerd.socket containerd.service
-Requires=containerd.socket containerd.service
 {% endif %}
 
 [Service]
@@ -22,9 +19,6 @@ ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
 Delegate=yes
 KillMode=process
 ExecStart={{ docker_bin_dir }}/docker{% if installed_docker_version.stdout|version_compare('17.03', '<') %} daemon{% else %}d{% endif %} \
-{% if ansible_os_family == "Suse" %}
-          --containerd /run/containerd/containerd.sock --add-runtime oci=/usr/bin/docker-runc \
-{% endif %}
           $DOCKER_OPTS \
           $DOCKER_STORAGE_OPTIONS \
           $DOCKER_NETWORK_OPTIONS \
diff --git a/roles/docker/vars/suse.yml b/roles/docker/vars/suse.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d89a50a7f..000000000
--- a/roles/docker/vars/suse.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
----
-docker_kernel_min_version: '0'
-
-docker_package_info:
-  pkg_mgr: zypper
-  pkgs:
-    - name: docker
-
-docker_repo_key_info:
-  pkg_key: ''
-  repo_keys: []
-
-docker_repo_info:
-  pkg_repo: ''
-  repos: []
diff --git a/roles/etcd/tasks/upd_ca_trust.yml b/roles/etcd/tasks/upd_ca_trust.yml
index 0ff363860..dd36554fb 100644
--- a/roles/etcd/tasks/upd_ca_trust.yml
+++ b/roles/etcd/tasks/upd_ca_trust.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
       /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/etcd-ca.crt
       {%- elif ansible_os_family in ["CoreOS", "Container Linux by CoreOS"] -%}
       /etc/ssl/certs/etcd-ca.pem
-      {%- elif ansible_os_family == "Suse" -%}
-      /etc/pki/trust/anchors/etcd-ca.pem
       {%- endif %}
   tags:
     - facts
@@ -21,9 +19,9 @@
     remote_src: true
   register: etcd_ca_cert
 
-- name: Gen_certs | update ca-certificates (Debian/Ubuntu/SUSE/Container Linux by CoreOS)
+- name: Gen_certs | update ca-certificates (Debian/Ubuntu/Container Linux by CoreOS)
   command: update-ca-certificates
-  when: etcd_ca_cert.changed and ansible_os_family in ["Debian", "CoreOS", "Container Linux by CoreOS", "Suse"]
+  when: etcd_ca_cert.changed and ansible_os_family in ["Debian", "CoreOS", "Container Linux by CoreOS"]
 
 - name: Gen_certs | update ca-certificates (RedHat)
   command: update-ca-trust extract
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/defaults/main.yml
index 3bf847fb9..149cbb42a 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/defaults/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ epel_enabled: false
 
 common_required_pkgs:
   - python-httplib2
-  - "{{ (ansible_distribution == 'openSUSE Tumbleweed') | ternary('openssl-1_1_0', 'openssl') }}"
+  - openssl
   - curl
   - rsync
   - bash-completion
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
index 8df0ff9ee..8b9cbbe1a 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
@@ -158,15 +158,6 @@
     - not is_atomic
   tags: bootstrap-os
 
-- name: Update package management cache (zypper) - SUSE
-  shell: zypper -n --gpg-auto-import-keys ref
-  register: make_cache_output
-  until: make_cache_output|succeeded
-  retries: 4
-  delay: "{{ retry_stagger | random + 3 }}"
-  when:
-    - ansible_pkg_mgr == 'zypper'
-  tags: bootstrap-os
 
 - name: Update package management cache (APT)
   apt:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/verify-settings.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/verify-settings.yml
index 5f647101d..8f0a2e854 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/verify-settings.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/verify-settings.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 - name: Stop if unknown OS
   assert:
-    that: ansible_distribution in ['RedHat', 'CentOS', 'Fedora', 'Ubuntu', 'Debian', 'CoreOS', 'Container Linux by CoreOS', 'openSUSE Leap', 'openSUSE Tumbleweed']
+    that: ansible_distribution in ['RedHat', 'CentOS', 'Fedora', 'Ubuntu', 'Debian', 'CoreOS', 'Container Linux by CoreOS']
   ignore_errors: "{{ ignore_assert_errors }}"
 
 - name: Stop if unknown network plugin
@@ -94,4 +94,4 @@
   assert:
     that: ansible_kernel.split('-')[0]|version_compare('4.8', '>=')
   when: kube_network_plugin == 'cilium'
-  ignore_errors: "{{ ignore_assert_errors }}"
+  ignore_errors: "{{ ignore_assert_errors }}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/vars/suse.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/vars/suse.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f4f9aee9..000000000
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/vars/suse.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-required_pkgs:
-  - device-mapper
-  - ebtables
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/secrets/tasks/upd_ca_trust.yml b/roles/kubernetes/secrets/tasks/upd_ca_trust.yml
index cdd5f48fa..eec44987f 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/secrets/tasks/upd_ca_trust.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/secrets/tasks/upd_ca_trust.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
       /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/kube-ca.crt
       {%- elif ansible_os_family in ["CoreOS", "Container Linux by CoreOS"] -%}
       /etc/ssl/certs/kube-ca.pem
-      {%- elif ansible_os_family == "Suse" -%}
-      /etc/pki/trust/anchors/kube-ca.pem
       {%- endif %}
   tags:
     - facts
@@ -21,9 +19,9 @@
     remote_src: true
   register: kube_ca_cert
 
-- name: Gen_certs | update ca-certificates (Debian/Ubuntu/SUSE/Container Linux by CoreOS)
+- name: Gen_certs | update ca-certificates (Debian/Ubuntu/Container Linux by CoreOS)
   command: update-ca-certificates
-  when: kube_ca_cert.changed and ansible_os_family in ["Debian", "CoreOS", "Container Linux by CoreOS", "Suse"]
+  when: kube_ca_cert.changed and ansible_os_family in ["Debian", "CoreOS", "Container Linux by CoreOS"]
 
 - name: Gen_certs | update ca-certificates (RedHat)
   command: update-ca-trust extract
diff --git a/roles/rkt/tasks/install.yml b/roles/rkt/tasks/install.yml
index cbaaf4085..599f9e50e 100644
--- a/roles/rkt/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/rkt/tasks/install.yml
@@ -15,11 +15,22 @@
   tags:
     - facts
 
-- name: install rkt pkg
-  package:
-    name: "{{ rkt_download_url }}/{{ rkt_pkg_name }}"
+- name: install rkt pkg on ubuntu
+  apt:
+    deb: "{{ rkt_download_url }}/{{ rkt_pkg_name }}"
     state: present
   register: rkt_task_result
   until: rkt_task_result|succeeded
   retries: 4
   delay: "{{ retry_stagger | random + 3 }}"
+  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
+
+- name: install rkt pkg on centos
+  yum:
+    pkg: "{{ rkt_download_url }}/{{ rkt_pkg_name }}"
+    state: present
+  register: rkt_task_result
+  until: rkt_task_result|succeeded
+  retries: 4
+  delay: "{{ retry_stagger | random + 3 }}"
+  when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
diff --git a/roles/rkt/vars/suse.yml b/roles/rkt/vars/suse.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 13149e8fb..000000000
--- a/roles/rkt/vars/suse.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
----
-rkt_pkg_name: "rkt-{{ rkt_pkg_version }}.x86_64.rpm"
diff --git a/tests/files/gce_opensuse-canal.yml b/tests/files/gce_opensuse-canal.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9eae57e2e..000000000
--- a/tests/files/gce_opensuse-canal.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Instance settings
-cloud_image_family: opensuse-leap
-cloud_region: us-central1-c
-mode: default
-
-# Deployment settings
-bootstrap_os: opensuse
-kube_network_plugin: canal
-kubeadm_enabled: true
-deploy_netchecker: true
-kubedns_min_replicas: 1
-cloud_provider: gce